St. Ignatius High School Station

St. Ignatius High School Station
徐匯中學站
St. Ignatius High School Station Platform 2
Location
Municipality New Taipei
District(s) Luzhou
Address B1, No. 3, Zhongshan 1st Rd.
Info
Type Underground
History
Opened November 3, 2010
Rail services
Line(s) ■ Luzhou Line (O45)
■ Circular Line (Y21)
Daily Ridership 14,387 (Jul. 2011)[1]
(Ranked 66th of 89)
Operator(s) Taipei Rapid Transit System
There is a bus stop near this station.
St. Ignatius High School Station
Traditional Chinese 徐匯中學站
Simplified Chinese 徐汇中学站

The Taipei Metro St. Ignatius High School Station is a station on the Luzhou Line located in Luzhou, New Taipei, Taiwan. The station opened on November 3, 2010. It is also a planned transfer station with the Circular Line.

Contents

Station overview

This three-level, underground station is located at the intersection of Jixian Rd. and Zhongxian 1st Rd.[2] and opened on November 3, 2010 with the opening of the Luzhou Line.[3][4]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station is around 32 meters. It is 151 meters in length and 23 meters wide.[5] It has two entrances, one emergency exit, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts.[3] Exit B is integrated with a joint development building.

For the Circular Line station, the platform level has already been set aside (according to the current station layout).[6]

Station Design

The theme for the station is be "Reeds Swaying in the Moonlight", as part of a common theme of egrets for the Luzhou Line.[3]

Station layout

Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (South side of station outside fare zone, near Exit 1)
B2 Platform 1 ← Luzhou Line toward Luzhou (Sanmin Senior High School)
Island platform, Doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Luzhou Line toward Zhongxiao Xinsheng (Sanhe Junior High School) →

Exits

Around the station

Preceding station   Taipei Metro   Following station
toward Luzhou
 Orange Line

References

  1. ^ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2011-08-24. http://tcgwww.taipei.gov.tw/site/tcg/public/MMO/dot/m17.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
  2. ^ "St. Ignatius High School Station". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. http://web.trtc.com.tw/e/stationdetail2010.asp?ID=176. Retrieved 2010-11-06. 
  3. ^ a b c "Introduction to Luzhou MRT Line". Department of Rapid Transis Systems. 2007-12-01. http://www.dorts.gov.tw/public/Attachment/9101511121331.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-17. 
  4. ^ "Second Stage of Taipei MRT (Approved MRT Lines)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, TCG. 2010-03-12. http://english.dorts.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=205658&ctNode=19582&mp=115002. Retrieved 2010-06-17. 
  5. ^ "Introduction to the MRT Luzhou Line". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2010-11-01. http://english.trtc.com.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1399586&ctNode=11752&mp=122032. Retrieved 2010-11-24. 
  6. ^ "St. Ignatius High School Station Information Map". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. http://web.trtc.com.tw/img/ALL/INFOPDF/176.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-31. 
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